Tee Morris
Evil Genius Chronicles Podcast for Oct 8 2016 - No Hot Takes
In this episode, I am obsessed with airline status; my media lockdown puts me in a weird position regarding catastrophes; Penn Jillette is a great entertainer but no longer a thought leader for me; Tee Morris is an example of my outrage fatigue. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 3 2016 - Rating the Unrateable
In this episode, I play a song from John Howie Jr and the Rosewood Bluff; I talk about the various sorts of things I mess up; how do people keep up with the various digital goods they have purchased? I wonder if I am clinically manic depressive; I talk about an ugly Facebook fight; why don't I rate...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for August 5, 2013 - "DDOP Day 6: Star Ratings"
This time out, I talk about star ratings and trying to be reasonable with them; the weird differences in cultures across rating sites; and the dilemma of rating books written by people you know. Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, August 5, 2014 You can subscribe...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for March 15, 2014 - "Microcast: Tiny Money"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the Evil Genius Chronicles podcast, March 15, 2014. In this microcast I talk about Kickstarter, Patreon and Flattr. You can do one of the three for me. You can subscribe to this podcast feed via RSS. To sponsor the show, contact BackBeat Media. Don't forget, you...
read articleMy Balticon 44 (2010) Wrapup, Part 1
I have a bad habit of starting chronological convention wrapups, being too detailed and burning out before I finish. Instead, I'm going to recap this year's Balticon anecdote by anecdote. I will feel no compunction to do it in any particular order or in any number of posts. I'll write until I feel...
read articleFlickrphallophobia
An incident from my past was brought up at Balticon, in a story that Evo Terra regaled a group with one evening. I'll give the Reader's Digest condensed version. Podcast Expo 2006, it was year two of the Ontario California conference. We were reprising our "spontaneous poolside barbecue...
read articleSocial Media Vacation, Week 3
I'm well into my social media vacation. I'm so far in I'm starting to approach the far end of it. My original "30 days away" plan would put me at 9 more days. I'll be honest with you, people. I'm not sure I'm ever coming back. At least, I am never returning to the level of use of Twitter I...
read articleIf Creativity is an Avalanche, Twitter is Regular Cannon Fire
Ski resorts sometimes use cannon fire to prevent large scale avalanches. They do this by triggering very small avalanches at regular intervals, firing howitzers or air cannons into the higher snow banks to shake loose the chunks that are shake-loosable. The more I think about it, I think regular use...
read articleMy Social Media Vacation Begins Today
Last night when I went to bed, I shut down Twitter (HootSuite, really) and Facebook and FriendFeed. I'm not going to look at or log in to any of those things for the next 30 days. There might be slight exceptions if I get a Facebook invite to something timely I want to accept but even if I have to...
read articleToday is Boom Effect Day
Today is the day for the Boom Effect auction. Earlier this year, my friend Tee Morris lost his wife Natalie suddenly. The Boom Effect is a fundraiser to help with the future of his five year old daughter (known by the internet psuedonym of 'Sonic Boom'). You can still make an outright donation to...
read articleEvil Genius Chronicles Podcast for January 10, 2009 - "Ringing in a New Year"
Here is the direct MP3 download for the EGC clambake for January 10, 2010. I take a moment of silence for the loss of Natalie Morris; I play the promo George Hrab did for the JREF; I play a song by Retribution Gospel Choir; I talk about what I hope for 2010 and what I did wrong and right in 2009; I...
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